RE: Book reports
October 21, 2019 at 6:05 am
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2019 at 6:11 am by GrandizerII.)
Just started reading Edward Feser's "Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide".
Nothing to say much at this point as I haven't gotten to the meat of Aquinas' philosophy yet. I did get to read a brief account of Aquinas' life in the first chapter of this book, and I found some parts of the story to be quite amusing (e.g., the prostitute bit).
And the stuff said before that was insightful, on the value of challenges posed to us "moderns" by philosophies of the past.
Actually, the bit where Feser makes a brief statement or two about "revealed theology" was rather ludicrous, but he does thankfully make it clear the book isn't about that anyway.
Nothing to say much at this point as I haven't gotten to the meat of Aquinas' philosophy yet. I did get to read a brief account of Aquinas' life in the first chapter of this book, and I found some parts of the story to be quite amusing (e.g., the prostitute bit).
And the stuff said before that was insightful, on the value of challenges posed to us "moderns" by philosophies of the past.
Actually, the bit where Feser makes a brief statement or two about "revealed theology" was rather ludicrous, but he does thankfully make it clear the book isn't about that anyway.
